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Former ‘Irish Independent' news editor Philip Molloy remembered as key figure on media landscape
Mr Molloy was from Co Wexford but lived in Glenageary in Co Dublin.
He held the role of news editor with the Irish Independent when it was owned by Independent News & Media from the early 1990s to 2005.
In October 2005 he was appointed executive editor of news, with overall responsibility for news investigations.
Mr Molloy was previously news editor with the Irish Press, and started his career with the Wexford People and the New Ross Standard newspapers.
He was also the former writer and presenter of The Picture Show on Saturday evenings on Newstalk where his expertise on film and the movie industry was well known and respected.
His funeral notice says he died peacefully on Tuesday, after a long illness, at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin.
He is survived by his wife Sheila Wayman, children Richard, Jenna, David and Daniel, grandchildren Riley and Annie, sisters Marjorie, Georgina and Rosarii, brothers Jackie and Colm and by Mary and Vivienne as well as extended family, former media colleagues and friends.
Assistant general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Séamus Dooley said Mr Molloy was a key figure on the Irish media landscape.
'To the public he was best known as a film critic, but he was a hugely influential news editor. As news editor of the Irish Independent he was dogged, committed and supportive of a team of hard-working correspondents and reporters,' he said.
'He was a loyal NUJ member and, unusually given his rank, served on the chapel committee.'
Current and former colleagues have also been paying tribute. Former newsdesk colleague Don Lavery said he had a mind as sharp as a knife.
Others said he was always calm, even when under intense pressure, and that he always had time for young journalists.
Former colleagues remembered how he offered encouragement and advice freely, that he was a brilliant, supportive and inspiring news editor, and good fun too.
The funeral will be held on Monday in St Paul's Church, Silchester Road, Glenageary, followed by cremation at Mount Jerome Crematorium.
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